<p>People tossing words out into the world impulsively to ignite and burn over decades.
</p><p>Visit <a href="https://thisamericanlife.supercast.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=bonus-content-promo&utm_id=lifepartners&utm_content=02501-pilot">thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners</a> to sign up for our premium subscription.</p><ul><li>Prologue: Host Ira Glass plays a strange voicemail left by a 96-year-old surgeon about a letter that was written five decades ago. (6 minutes)</li><li>Act One: Producer Lilly Sullivan reports out that voicemail. (13 minutes)</li><li>Act Two: On his deathbed, a wealthy man in Toronto decides to make some trouble. Hundreds of babies are involved. Stephanie Foo tells the story. (25 minutes)</li><li>Act Three: Cyclist Mike Friedman said something to cyclist Ian Dille in the middle of a race that ate at both of them for years. Jared Marcelle tells the story. (12 minutes)</li></ul><p>Transcripts are available at <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/668/transcript">thisamericanlife.org</a></p><p><a href='https://www.thisamericanlife.org/page/privacy-policy'>This American Life privacy policy.</a><br /><a href='https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices'>Learn more about sponsor message choices.</a></p>
